Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10-99

Native speakers worldwide

Ethnic population

102

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

"The need to find marital partners outside the group has the consequence that only a minority of Arem, about a quarter, regularly speak their language. The Arem language is in great danger of extinction." (p.1)

DATE OF INFO

1999 (Trần Trí Dõi 1999: 110)

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Vietnamese; Khùa; Lao

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The Arem language is not homogeneous, the pressure of neighboring languages is exerted on the individuals rather than on the group. The speakers are at least bilingual with Vietnamese, standard as well as dialectal, and some people can also speak Khùa or Lao." (p.1)

"The need to find marital partners outside the group has the consequence that only a minority of Arem, about a quarter, regularly speak their language. The Arem language is in great danger of extinction." (p.1)

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Vietnamese; Khùa; Lao

"The Arem language is not homogeneous, the pressure of neighboring languages is exerted on the individuals rather than on the group. The speakers are at least bilingual with Vietnamese, standard as well as dialectal, and some people can also speak Khùa or Lao." (p.1)

all

Critically Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)